Supply Chain Manager - Facilities Management

Adecco are recruiting a Supply Chain Manager for a leading Facilities Management company in the Bristol area.

Purpose of the role

To manage the catering supply chain on a day to day basis, ensuring support and delivery of best value. Driving greater commercial benefit and tangible savings through evaluation of the market, aligned to the sourcing strategies, policies and practices.

Key Responsibilities

•Manage the end to end supply chain to ensure the delivery of a consistent high service level, measured against SLAs and meeting the delivery needs of our unit managers across the UK.

•Build key relationships with vendors at a European Strategic, National and Regional level within account management structures.

•Support all teams within the business on procurement matters for both current and future business, liaising and influencing internal stakeholders.

•Build upon current sustainability initiatives and develop the upstream benefits for both the end customer and internal stakeholders.

•Deliver best value and efficiency savings for the business through a category approach to food and non-food spend, going to market through various methods aligned to business needs, methodologies and timescales.

•Delivery of the procurement budget and maximising further savings through organic and acquisitive or new business growth.

•Drive further value from 2nd tier vendors and branded partners, in line with our marketing strategy and monthly initiatives.

•Align all supply chain activity with the e-commerce systems and platforms to ensure commercial value is maximised

Key dimensions

•Total categories 10+

•Total category addressable spend: £20m+

•Total supply base accountability: circa 200 vendors across the UK

•Process owner: Purchase 2 Pay, Sourcing to market

Knowledge and Experience

•Demonstrable supply chain & category management experience.

•           Evidence of managing numerous vendors within a commercial catering or retail environment.

•           Track record of delivering cost-reduction category projects, optimally related to running tenders and / or driving efficiencies around 3rd party spend

•           Broad Procurement experience, ideally with MCIPS or a degree qualification equivalent.

•           Strong management and numeracy skills, with ability to demonstrate a flexible approach to influencing a range of stakeholders at all levels within an organisation.

•           Flexible and adaptable with a 'can-do’ attitude, showing an ability to think innovatively and strategically.

Should you feel you are a strong candidate please apply.  For any queries contact Nicola Rush at Bristol Adecco.

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